Part Time Staff Accountant/Bookkeeper in Humble, TX

Objective Enthusiastic accountant with 10 years experience in recording financial transactions, account analysis, updating accounting records and balance sheet reconciliations. Strong skills in A/P as well as A/R. Knowledgeable in purchasing, job costing, month end close, financial reporting, intercompany coding, payroll, cash management, sales tax returns, P/L, cash reconciliation and budgeting. I?m also efficient in HR duties such as but not limited to background checks, payroll processing and benefit enrollment. Seeking a part time position where I can utilize my vast experience in the HR/Accounting fields. Experience 9/2005-Present Lawler Foods, Ltd Humble, TX Staff Accountant ? Daily reconciliation of company bank accounts and A/R cash transactions. ? Compile and present monthly account analysis to our controller for review. ? Reconcile monthly employee health benefits including costs and reviewing new hires and terminated employees in order to process our monthly insurance payments. ? Book monthly depreciation for fixed assets and capitalize/dispose of current assets in our accounting system. ? Assist HR with new hire benefit enrollments as well as new hire data entry into our payroll system and run occasional back ground checks. ? Review general ledger and book all entries needed before month end for controller?s review. ? Process in Quick Books as our secondary program in order to compile and book entries based on our International sales to import into our main system at month end. ? Compile and submit monthly Vat/Duties (International Sales) and Sales Tax (U.S.) ? Book all weekly and bi-weekly payroll entries into our accounting system. ? Back up for A/P as well as A/R when needed. 4/[removed phone]/2005 Scott-Randall LLC Houston, TX Staff Accountant ? Daily reconciliation of the company bank account as well as reconciling the five company credit card accounts. ? Updating and maintaining the general ledger and prepare any journal entries in need to reconcile an account or to re-class an entry. ? Perform month end close as well as prepare and report the financials to the controller at each month end close quarterly meeting. ? Create weekly cost projections and cash projections and present the reports to the controller. ? Gather and report all corresponding payroll information to ADP and process the company payroll. ? Prepare month end sales tax return and submit payment to the state comptroller on a monthly basis. ? Assist with new hires and enroll all new employees in our payroll system as well as benefit programs. 1/[removed phone]/2005 Imperial Homes Houston, TX Staff Accountant ? Recording financial transactions which include draws, customer deposits, creating journal entries for home closings, lot takedown and cobra deposits. ? Updating and maintaining the general ledger. ? Initiated construction draws and loan renewal requests to lenders as well as the title companies. ? Monitored construction?s process to determine amount of interim funds available and prepared weekly draw balance statements. ? Responsible for job costing tax invoices, and HOA fees and separate by taxing authority or subdivision for tax purposes. ? Determined whether or not to appeal appraised values on our lots or homes based on the lot cost inventory reports that I would generate. ? Assisted in A/P as well as trained all new A/P employees. 5/[removed phone]/2003 Clark, Depew & Tracy, LTD Houston, TX Administrative Assistant ? Spoke with clients about their Fen-Phen claims and answered any questions or concerns about the echocardiogram procedure or paperwork. ? Processed the echocardiogram tapes so they could be reviewed by the Cardiologist in a timely manner. ? Accompanied the attorneys to travel to the screening sites where I was in charge or collecting and organizing prescription records and legal contracts from the clients and then forwarding the information back to our Houston office. Education 8/2004-Present University of Houston-Downtown Houston, TX BBA in Accounting ? Some college coursework completed. 1/[removed phone]/2003 Kingwood College Kingwood, TX Houston, TX Associates of Art (Accounting) ? Associates degree in Art with emphasis in accounting. [removed phone] Humble High School Humble, TX ? High School Diploma References ? References are available on request.